I’ve seen a lot of over-the-top responses to the new health care law — you know, it imposes socialism, ends freedom in America, etc. — and I’m struck by how similar those responses are to the over-the-top responses to the USA Patriot Act in 2001. If you took the public outcry over the Patriot Act […]
Archive | March, 2010
Second Circuit Due Process Victory for Connecticut Carry Permit Holders
From Kuck v. Danaher, decided yesterday. [Note: Before commenting, please click on “continue reading” to read the rest of the opinion and the UPDATE at the end where I explain what I think likely happened here.] [M. Peter] Kuck’s claims arise from his efforts to renew his permit to carry a firearm with the Connecticut […]
Back to the House
The AP is reporting that the health care reform amendment legislation being considered in the Senate will have to go back to the U.S. House of Representatives because Seante Republicans were successful in striking a few portions from the bill. After nine straight hours of beating back Republican amendments, Senate Democrats hit a temporary snag […]
A Citable Version of Hamburger’s Privileges or Immunities Article Now Online
In the discussion of the McDonald case a few weeks ago, I posted a link to Philip Hamburger’s manuscript, Privileges or Immunities. His forthcoming article, which will be published by the Northwestern Univ. Law Review, is now online in a version that may be cited and quoted.
CNN Profiles Lawyers in Same-Sex Marriage Case
You can find the glowingly positive profile of the lawyers on one side in the case, the pro-SSM lawyers David Boies and Ted Olson, here. I’ve looked for the profile of Chuck Cooper and other lawyers on the other side, but google seems to be broken — I can’t seem to find it. (Or maybe […]
“So You Want a Law School? Merger vs. Start-Up”
Over at Faculty Lounge, Dan Filler has this very interesting post on the choices universities face if they want to add a law school.
More Influential Books
Caveat: These are among the books that most influenced me in one way or another, even if they are not necessarily the best books I have read. Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom I didn’t think the book had influenced me much when I read it, but I’ve been amazed how often Friedman’s insights have helped […]
My Top 5 Influential Books
Ok, if Ilya and Todd are going to list the top books that most influenced them, I may as well, too. Here’s my “top 5” list, in the order that I read them and with the approximate date(s) in which I read them: 1) Arnold Lobel, Adventures of Frog and Toad (read in 1978). Frog […]
My Top 10 Most Influential Books:
I love lists and I love books, so how can I not chime in with my Top 10 most influential books: 1. F.A. Hayek, Law, Legislation, and Liberty, Volume 1, “Rules and Order”: The most thorough development of the idea of spontaneous order, which in my view is the single most important idea in social […]
Benjamin Wittes Comments on His AQ7 Letter at The New Republic
The excitement over the AQ7 ad put out by Liz Cheney’s organization has died down, but Ben Wittes has this very interesting piece up in The New Republic extending discussion of the letter that he drafted, signed by a group of conservative and centrist folks criticizing it. I was one of the signers, and wound up […]
Drone Warfare in House Subcommittee Hearing
By Kenneth Anderson on March 24, 2010 11:38 am in Counter-Terrorism Policy, International Human Rights Law, Robotics, Targeted Killing, War and Armed Conflict, War on Terror
Yesterday (Tuesday, March 23, 2010) I was pleased to appear as a witness before the House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, to discuss drone warfare and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The list of witnesses is here, along with a link to a webcast (which I can’t seem to open), and links to the witness […]
Health Insurance and Pharma Stocks Rise, US Treasuries Sink in Reponse to Obama Care:
Full analysis of the impacts of Obama Care will take more systematic econometric analysis, but the early returns suggest that Obama Care is good for health insurance providers and pharmaceutical companies but bad for US Treasuries. Both sides of the ledger seem like what I would have predicted.
New Health Care Law Regulates Restaurant Menus, Drive-Through Signs of Restaurant Chains
The New York Times reports: Buried deep in the health care legislation that President Obama signed on Tuesday is a new requirement that will affect any American who walks into a McDonald’s, Starbucks or Burger King. Every big restaurant chain in the nation will now be required to put calorie information on their menus and […]
Liu Goes Before the Judiciary Committee
The Los Angeles Times previews today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. As I predicted, it looks like this nomination will face substantial opposition from Republicans. UPDATE: At NRO, Ed Whelan outlines the case against Liu. I […]
The Books that Influenced Me the Most
Tyler Cowen recently started a meme of asking bloggers to list the books that influenced them the most. Here’s Tyler’s list. Some others that I found interesting are Bryan Caplan, Matthew Yglesias, and Jay Elias. I found it interesting that there is so little overlap between my list, Caplan’s and Cowen’s, even though we are […]